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Move To National Forum Only Model - 6 Like(s)
Absolutely atrocious decision. If you really, really, really wanted to consolidate everything on one forum, what would have been wrong with moving everything to the national forum rather than removing all the county forums? And are they just hidden from view, or is there any possibility (following everyone's backlash) of restoring them? There were discussions on the Leitrim forum about the county championships at all levels as well as about who the new Leitrim manager would be, and I was keeping a keen eye on the Donegal forum too where there's a palaver over the 2020 football final and appeals and shenanigans. Where is that all now??? All that history, is it down the toilet? And it was often good to see what the point of view in other counties was to various stuff, particularly when your own county was involved. What was wrong with just leaving things as they were? Surely it's not as though the county forums were located in a different office and were too much of an overhead. And no discussion with the posters here about it, an active, passionate community of GAA lovers who have debates, arguments and the craic about the games and counties they love.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 30/09/2021 17:38:01
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Does The GAA Have Too Many MEANINGLESS Matches? - 5 Like(s)
Replying To Trump2020: "Yes. That's what I mean by combining the League and Championship in some kind of SMART way in which the matches have meaning. Interest would grow, attendances would grow, etc. Everyone cares about the All Ireland but who really cares who wins the League every year?" You can be sure the League meant something to Leitrim last year, and this year too as they try to stay up and enjoy the tougher games in Div 3.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 26/05/2020 14:49:38
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To 3rdmidfielder: "It is a shame the way this thread has been ruined of late. It used to be a good place to discuss Leitrim football, some very good posters with a good insight into football in the county, some others you might not agree with but all had a genuine interest in Leitrim football." Well I agree. But I must say this also. I haven't been on this thread since Dec 12 or 13, and in the meantime I expected very little actual football discussion anyway for obvious reasons. But to my surprise, it's been busy. And those posts here in that time have been generally good-humoured and not nasty at all; in contrast, I started a thread on something last year and most of the posts were two or three people trying to strangle each other about something idiotic (I think it started about Waterford beating Kerry in football in the 50s, I can't remember). But there's been none of that here. I've been entertained here today reading back through December's posts. And sure enough, following the Leitrim team's return to action, the proper football analysis and commentary has returned.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 05/01/2026 22:00:02
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Fair play TG4 - 4 Like(s)
Whoops, just after depositing a series of replies to other people's comments before reading Admin's notice to get back on topic, sorry all... Final word on this from me, and then I'll quit, and I won't take it bad if the admin team edit or do not post this comment. People who possess a bit of pride in their country might consider learning their country's native language, particularly if it's a minority language, and if the majority language is the language of their neighbours who had conquered them for a long time. Not trying to make a political thing out it at all, but imagine if Spain ruled Portugal for ages, and now 95% of Portuguese spoke Spanish, and the 5% who spoke Portuguese had to fight to live their lives in their, national, language.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 13/04/2017 21:07:46
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No GAA news on RTÉ Six One news (Sunday)! - 4 Like(s)
Seven county finals in football, 2 in hurling, and 2 Ulster senior club hurling semi-finals, and not a dicky-bird about it on today's Six One news on RTÉ. Surprised, anyone?
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 09/10/2016 18:27:39
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Leitrim GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To Tacaí Liatroma: "I had wondered, without looking it up or knowing anything about it, whether the other counties in Connacht just hadn't bothered to enter this U20 C hurling championship, which left us as the only Connacht representatives and a slot in the All-Ireland semi-final. But then I did look it up, specifically by looking for results on the official GAA website, and I was surprised not to be disappointed. It seems that back in March, Monaghan beat Longford and Fermanagh had a walkover against Louth, and then yesterday, Monaghan beat Cavan, and Leitrim stormed to a 3-14 to 0-7 victory over Fermanagh! So we're into an All-Ireland final on May 25th or 26th. Hon Leitrim!" Hon Leitrim! 1-17 apiece after extra time, but Leitrim won 2-1 on penalties. Nice to win an All-Ireland in something! And win a penalty shootout! Fair play to the lads for digging in.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 26/05/2024 13:35:10
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40 Year Ban For Soccer Ref Assailants - 4 Like(s)
It was announced today that those who attacked that soccer referee in the Midlands have been banned from all soccer-related activity under the jurisdiction of the FAI for forty years. Is this the scale of punishment that the GAA needs to start introducing for violence on or near GAA grounds?
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 23/11/2018 13:12:10
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New York vs Sligo - 3 Like(s)
It's our turn next year, I'm already on the hunt for brown trousers in Penney's
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 04/05/2017 17:06:12
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Following the fourth quarter collapse against Laois and now today's no-show against Sligo, there's an argument to be made that we got promoted despite the management rather than because of it, and that the result against Laois in round 6 was a one-off and the defeats to Longford and Carlow were not inappropriate for our true level. Discuss.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 07/04/2024 23:43:19
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All Ireland Final 2023 - Dublin V Kerry - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Ulsterman: "Gough could easily have sent a Dublin player off for consistently dangerous, reckless tackles." Agree. A lot of reckless stuff after a Kerry lad would release the ball. Some of it was deliberate, without a doubt.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 30/07/2023 17:18:17
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Leitrim GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To southleitrim_mafia: "It was really a bit of a nothing motion. He signed the Proclamation as Seán Mac Diarmada, and while Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada might be grammatically correct in Irish, it wasn't the name he actually used himself. For that reason, I think the motion was deservedly defeated.
Although, I don't imagine that's why it was defeated. It was probably more about the cost of rebranding the signage at Páirc Seán, and the fact that we're already tied into a naming rights deal with the credit union. The current title is Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada, changing things now would only open up a whole set of other complications." Seems he was born as John MacDermott alright. But as is the form, Irish people generally have native Irish versions of their own anglicised names that they go by day in, day out in their English-speaking part of Ireland. So even an Irish-loathing James O'Brien from wherever has Séamus Ó Briain as the Irish equivalent, whether he likes it or not. Therefore, when you're naming something John MacDermott Park and calling it using it's Irish name, you'll include Seán Mac Diarmada in the translation. And yep, Irish is saddled with that pesky thing called grammar, one that has an even peskier thing called the genitive case* (just like German, Polish, and other languages), meaning that when you place Seán Mac Diarmada after Páirc, you get Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada. And that's that; there's no two ways about it. So I disagree with you about the motion being deservedly defeated for the reason you stated. Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada is just wrong in its language, just the same way that City of Manchester Stadium is grammatically correct in English, and City Manchester Stadium would be wrong. But no-one would stand for City Manchester Stadium if someone tried to call it that, and that's the difference between English and Irish.
However, I agree with your second paragraph entirely. It's probably more hassle than it's worth (in officialdom's eyes) to change the name. Pity they couldn't have just got it right in the first place. Shoddy, sloppy, embarrassing (but they don't know it), lazy, shameful; really it is.
Apologies for the rant! It started off as something short but then took off.
*The tuiseal ginideach.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 25/01/2026 08:47:08
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Decouple Provincial Champ In Football From All Ireland - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Whammo86: "Yeah and the FA Cup has died a death as a result.
There's plenty that the GAA do wrong but having the secondary competition played in advance of the main competition is actually the right thing to do." The FA Cup was always played during the league season and it never did it any harm, its slow demise beginning only after 1999 in my opinion when treble champions Man Utd were pressured into not defending their title in order to swan off to Brazil ("I hope they get diarrhoea" - Brian Clough) to play in FIFA's new club world cup. I still think it has oodles of merit. They need to keep the final though to the weekend after the Premier League finishes. I'm sure winning it this season and doing the double would have been a massive deal for Man City, rather than losing to Chelsea. And then Leicester City went and won it after four final defeats! A good shot in the arm for the FA Cup.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 11/07/2021 20:39:09
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Next Leitrim Manager. - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "With the news filtering through that Shane Curran was interviewed for the Fermanagh job, we surely don't have much hope. I wouldn't even have Curran down as a obvious choice for Leitrim never mind Fermanagh. I also find it hard to believe that there was only 2 people interviewed for the Fermanagh job... https://amp.rte.ie/amp/1245623/" CAKE????? He'll play forwards as backs and goalkeepers as forwards, just so Leitrim can lose by 40 points. I'm only speculating; he gives me the impression as a Rossie who would enjoy Leitrim misery.
Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - 16/09/2021 22:00:53
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All Ireland Club Final, Kilmacud V Glen (Derry) - 3 Like(s)
Replying To StopTheLights: "If Glen scored a goal in the dying seconds would they have lodged an objection to winning due to Kilmacud having 16 players on the field?
They're only interested in being fair after all.
Thank god we have Northern teams looking out for the integrity of our game." Well obviously not. Why would you object against yourself? Is it even allowed? And anyway, if you still beat a team with an illegal numerical advantage, isn't that justice?
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 27/01/2023 13:57:49
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Tipperary v Armagh - 3 Like(s)
Replying To atta: "Did Jamie Clarke not foul the ball in the lead up to the goal. He showed the ball and took it back in." That's never ever been a foul.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 15/07/2017 19:02:50
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Armagh Vs Galway - 3 Like(s)
Replying To credit_crunch: "It really is a fine line though if we start bringing in a whole load of new rules like this your going to kill the passion of the game and this is what it was built on. Dan Hughes great article in Irish news. We had our prob our first blockbuster match in nearly a decade due to the passion and emotions running high be strange if emotions werent running high.
As a armagh fan i was basically shaking just after witnessing one of the best comebacks ive saw and the biggest roar croke park heard in quite a while even some kerry and mayo fans joining in just for the occasion not even cos they like armagh.
its hard to have a close tight match and not spill over. Even the mighty dublin past few years when it was tight got themselves in situations
I agree the eye gourge was ***** and he lost the run of himself but how come this is the first ever 24 week ban for it. The outrage on social media is madness.... Actually this society is turning into a bunch of snowflakes.... Some of the hits and passions of the 90s and 00s is what i grew up on and i miss it. The Mayo Kerry game was basically souless" Banning headlocks, neck rolls/throws, interference with the eyes or pushing someone off the pitch isn't going to kill the passion of the game.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 07/07/2022 10:38:22
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A Leinster Championship Without Dublin - 3 Like(s)
I feel the issue isn't entirely due to Dublin's dominance, but also due to the failure of other teams to step up. Now, this might be a poor example due to my failure to find a list of finals of the Waterford Ladies Football Senior Championship, but although Ballymacarbry have won it for over 40 years in a row now, they're not sauntering to 20-point victories in finals (to the best of my knowledge; they won by a goal in 2019 and needed extra time last year, although there was a hammering in the mean time it seems). So at least there's someone there to put it up to them and keep them honest. And this same Ballymacarbry lead the All-Ireland roll of honour, so they're not just ruling the roost in a faraway backwater of ladies' football. On the other hand, where are Dublin and Meath? The Ulster Championship works because the other counties bother to give it a shot. That might seem harsh, but it's true. It's true that Wicklow stood up and and were counted against Westmeath and Kildare, but where have Westmeath and Kildare and Meath been when they faced Dublin? I know Dublin have more resources, population, etc, but Meath's and Kildare's populations exceed those of Donegal, Kerry and Mayo, so that's no excuse. And as for resources, that's grand but at the end of the day it's still 15 against 15 on the field. The Dubs aren't battering their opponents with suitcases full of cash when they're out on the field.
Breaking news! God bless Twitter:
2019: Ballymacarbry 1-14 Comeragh Rangers 0-14
2020: Ballymacarbry 4.14 Stradbally 0.6
2021: Ballymacarbry 4.05 Comeragh Rangers 0.07
2022: Ballymacarbry 5-11 Comeragh Rangers 2-6
2023: Ballymacarbry 1-9 Comeragh Rangers 0-10 AET
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 30/04/2024 12:26:01
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What your username represents? - 3 Like(s)
Replying To PyatPree: "Poor old pyat pree who was burned alive by daenerys targaryen in game of thrones, loved that guy" Haha, brilliant! Loved that guy. Scottish actor, can't remember his name but his accent crept through. "They miss their mother. When your dragons were born, our magic was born again. It is strongest in their presence. And they are strongest in yours." Really irks the wife when I quote him with (my attempt at) a Scottish accent!
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 23/07/2017 16:07:24
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Leitrim GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To boxtyburgerbuns: "Might be better if yee were in it too, might actually win it" Not unless they moved the final to out the country somewhere. They'd never win it in Croke Park.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 23/04/2025 07:29:54
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Things That Seemed Ridiculous At Start Of Decade That Actually Happened - 2 Like(s)
Are there people on here whinging about the 5 in a row? Christ. I predicted that if it happened, the good Kerry football people would stop at nothing to rewrite history and do a 6 in a row, and that will be a life's goal for players and managers alike. If they see themselves as some sort of kings of football, let them regain the record ASAP and put these jackeen upstarts in their place. The cheek of them to steal Kerry's 5 in a row.
Tacaí Liatroma (National) - 02/01/2020 15:55:21
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